Palliser One | 122m | 27s

[CalgaryTiger]

No news but the poorly performing LEDs bug me. I have to see it everyday on my walk to work, hope it starts soon. It brings me sadness. Kudos to the Calgary tower for always having their lights going. Which, if I'm not wrong is the same company... Also, the own across 1 Street seems to be underway so perhaps that one first then this one.

 

[CBBarnett]

No news but the poorly performing LEDs bug me. I have to see it everyday on my walk to work, hope it starts soon. It brings me sadness. Kudos to the Calgary tower for always having their lights going. Which, if I'm not wrong is the same company... Also, the own across 1 Street seems to be underway so perhaps that one first then this one.

I notice the broken LEDs as well. I always wondered about this LED issue that crops up on buildings from time to time - it's probably not a fair comparison but seems counter-intuitive given the whole LED perspective on the consumer market. They are practically never burn out and are 10x more efficient, LEDs are one of the most reliable products that exist.

I guess strapping them to the outsides of buildings and making many thousands of them light up in a coordinated fashion is the challenge.

 

[Roaring Flames]

There have been 2 revisions to the development permit. These are the latest renders from the late December revision.​

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Really scaled back, which isn't the worst. Not sure the original plan was that great. No LEDs featured in the rendering. LEDS that don't work end up making a building look cheap.

 

[Albertasaurus]

Yeah the scaled back design actually looks better IMO. Although, now they won't have any balconies at all it appears.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I was under the impression they were only converting the top 11 floors (17-27). News that they are doing the whole building is like finding money on the street.

 

[DiscoStu]

Personally I'm still finding this all pretty tacky looking. Definitely prefer the look of the original.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Personally I'm still finding this all pretty tacky looking. Definitely prefer the look of the original.

The original building was better, that's what you mean. This is a step forward, after a few steps backwards.

 

[DiscoStu]

Yeah, I mean the clean original building, not any stage of renos with the random trends tacked on.

 

[artvandelay]

Yeah the precast panels were much classier than the tacky random stripes everywhere!

 

[Garceyues]

If I'm not mistaken this project seems to be the largest of the downtown office conversions in terms of sheer building size. I wonder if the financial risk was too high for other similar sized building conversions to be proposed and/or greenlit under the program.

 

[YYCALGARY]

395 units added to an existing building. That’s pretty sweet if you ask me! Great location for young professionals - will hopefully help induce some much needed sidewalk/frontage restoration. Great spot if you work at the airport, too.(300,301)

This and a completed Glenbow, as well as the residential conversion right across the street to the east will do wonders for that corner.

 

[zzkwilliamcanada]

395 units added to an existing building. That’s pretty sweet if you ask me! Great location for young professionals - will hopefully help induce some much needed sidewalk/frontage restoration. Great spot if you work at the airport, too.(300,301)

This and a completed Glenbow, as well as the residential conversion right across the street to the east will do wonders for that corner.

it will be great if you work at airport and they build a train from airport to downtown. it is my dream

 

[The Familia]

Now if only Aspen would get off their ass and completely renovate Palliser Square (the complex attached to the Calgary Tower).

 

[Mountain Man]

Now if only Aspen would get off their ass and completely renovate Palliser Square (the complex attached to the Calgary Tower).

Well I think the balls are dead at least, so a renovation of the cultural stuff may actually happen one day!